Legalization Should Happen and Here’s Why BCOM/275 June 7th, 2015 Professor Esquivel Legalization Should Happen and Here’s Why I’m choosing to rebuttal the CNBC article on “Why we should not legalize marijuana”. A poll reveals that for the first time in history, Americans are more in favor of legalizing marijuana than criminalizing it. 2013 has marked a successful year for marijuana legalization, with Colorado and Washington both passing laws to decriminalize the drug. Now, fifty-eight percent
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Should Marijuana be legalized? With accordance with the federal Controlled Substance Act marijuana is considered to have a high potential for abuse, no currently accepted medical use and a lack of accepted safety. In this hectic and fast pace life that most of us have to wake up to, we venture off to the beach, vacations, or a well shaded corner in the park to a find a moment of clarity and comfort to for a second be able to not think about the everyday stress of life. For some they find that
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Legalization of Marijuana Do you think the legalization of marijuana is all positive? Can there be some negative factors? Based on politics, health, and peoples point of view it is a widely recognized, highly controversial, and common issue in the United States. Many politicians believe it should be legalized and others disagree, especially during the presidential primary. In David Sheff’s article “Marijuana Should Be Legal, but …” in time magazine he proposes that marijuana should be legalized
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Legalization of Marijuana While legalizing marijuana is politically risky, by that the government has even looked into this issue and they still believe it shouldn’t be legalized. Many to manage pain, so it should be legalized use it. Patients whose backs are broken, and those who experience pain every day, from certain injuries, feel much better after using it. Medicines prescribed by doctors, are sometimes expensive, and at times they don’t help the patients. When a patient is on medical marijuana
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Legalization of controlled substances in America has long been a hotly debated topic. In our ethnocentric view, we tend to think we do everything better than any other country. Truth is, banned controlled substances and the subsequent fallout are serious problems that plague every community in America. From the streets of the inner-cities, to the suburbs of the heartland, drugs are destroying lives in many ways. Wherever you find drugs, problems are sure to follow. We will examine legalization
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English 24 February 2014 Should Marijuana Be Legalized? I believe marijuana should be legalized because of medical reasons, generation of revenue for the government, and it would cut down on the distribution of illegal drugs over the borders. First and foremost Marijuana should be legalized because of medical reasons. It helps people with certain medical conditions. Some of the conditions include Cancer, Glaucoma, and Anxiety Disorders. Marijuana helps Cancer patients eat, improves the
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What does research demonstrate about the effects of marijuana? The Effects Marijuana Has On an Individual Michael Garcia Motlow State Community College Introduction The use of marijuana is a much debated topic in most states. Marijuana has many effects to the human body that many people could agree on. Some effects may be good and some may be bad. Researches have come up with a conclusion on the effects it has towards the human body. For example, it helps with nausea and vomiting for people
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“Don’t touch marijuana, don’t even come close to it; it will lead you to use hard drugs like heroin and cocaine!” This is the fear-based statement I always heard through my youth and is often fed to other kids in an attempt to keep them safe and prevent them from making decisions that they will regret in the future, but how true is it? Marijuana is currently legal for medical use in sixteen states, most often to counter the side effects of cancer-treating drugs. Unfortunately, marijuana is highly criminalized
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legalizing of marijuana would be good for the country. The money that could be made would generate millions of dollars every year. Alcohol, was once illegal, and it did not stop people from consuming it. Unlike alcohol, marijuana in my opinion is safer. You could drink alcohol all day and not remember what you did the following day. You could smoke marijuana all night, have a good night’s sleep and still remember what you did. Alcohol makes you blackout and marijuana does not. Marijuana is a natural
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Marijuana should be legalized within the United States Marijuana should be legalized within the United States Persuasive Essay Final Paper Andrea Dawkins Com/172 Elements of University Composition and Communication University of Phoenix Ms. Julia Pineda Reeves, M.Ed., NBCT 3/6/2011 Persuasive Essay Final Paper Andrea Dawkins Com/172 Elements of University Composition and Communication University of Phoenix Ms. Julia Pineda Reeves, M.Ed., NBCT 3/6/2011 Andrea Dawkins Persuasive
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